WorksheetsNatural Selection Ch. 1 Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is a population?
A group of individuals of the same species living in the same area
A group of animals living in the same area
A group of different species that make up an ecosystem
A group of organisms that have the same traits
What is an adaptive trait?
A trait that is harmful to the individual
A trait that is not influenced by the environment
A trait that is neutral in the environment
A trait that increases an individual's chance of survival in the environment
What is evidence used for in scientific argument?
To determine the distribution of traits in a population
To support a claim
To make predictions
To analyze data about environmental conditions
What is the role of reasoning in scientific argument?
To determine the distribution of traits in a population
To support a claim
To analyze data about environmental conditions
To make predictions
What is the main cause of changes in the distribution of traits in populations?
The number of individuals in the population
The environment
The geographical location of the population
The age of the individuals in the population
What is a non-adaptive trait?
A trait that is harmful to the individual
A trait that is neutral in the environment
A trait that increases an individual's fitness in the environment
A trait that is not influenced by the environment
Everything (living and non-living) that surrounds an organism is considered its ___.
distribution
resource
environment
kingdom
The differences in traits between individual organisms is ___.
genes
variation
a species
a feature
When describing a population, often it is done using which TWO of the following?
numbers of individuals with traits
locations of organisms
climate
traits present
Adaptive traits become more common in a population ___.
when they are popular among the species
over many generations
because non-adaptive traits help some but not others
in a relatively short period of time
something that leads to a result or a change
effect
histogram
distribution
cause
If I am referring to how many newts have high poison levels at a particular time, I am referring to the _____ of traits in that population
non-adaptation
distribution
total number
lack
A group of organisms born and living at about the same time are a(n) _____.
abiotic factor
species
generation
population
An example of the best adaptive trait would be _____.
being a yellow ostrilope in any environment
being faster than the predator that lives in your environment
being poisonous, even if it is not enough to harm your predator
being able to conserve water in the rainforest
Over many generations, traits that are _____ become more common in a population.
beneficial
common
larger
scary
